Change of Baiu rain band in global warming projection by an atmospheric general circulation model with a 20-km grid size

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 581-611

  Kusunoki, Shoji ^a   Yoshimura, Jun ^a   Yoshimura, Hiromasa ^a   Noda, Akira ^a   Oouchi, Kazuyoshi ^b   Mizuta, Ryo ^b  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Advanced Earth Science and Technology Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR; WIND FIELD;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33750288581     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84.581     Document Type: Article

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